Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6371021 | Journal of Theoretical Biology | 2012 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
⺠Heritable variation in altruism allows discriminating altruists to evolve. ⺠Here we chart their evolution using diploid population genetic models. ⺠Help is assumed subject to diminishing returns. ⺠Selfishness and discriminating and non-discriminating altruism can evolve together. ⺠These predictions merit investigation by primatologists and psychologists.
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Authors
Richard M. Sibly, Robert N. Curnow,